to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
again; once more; a second time
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
people; men and women; each person; everybody
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to forget completely; to leave behind
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
lyricism; description of one's feelings
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
drama; theatre; theater; play
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
authority; power; influence
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
change; transition; vicissitudes
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
construction; architecture (of buildings)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion